Identifier / Programs / Linux and Unix
start-stop-daemon
GTFOBins shell 1 ATT&CK technique 1 documented command
How start-stop-daemon is abused
Each abuse is GTFOBins's category and the options and words it uses; the full write-up is on GTFOBins's page for start-stop-daemon.
1 documented command
shell unprivileged, with sudo, as SUID
start-stop-daemon -S -x /bin/shIdentifyAs SUID:
start-stop-daemon -S -x /bin/sh -- -p
The command the identifier reads trips no Sigma process-creation rule. This command is from GTFOBins, at commit acd524623f9c of 2026-05-27, under the GPL-3.0, with no warranty. Changed: Markdown is shown formatted. The source is in lolbas-gtfobins-commands.json.gz, and the full entry is on GTFOBins’s page for start-stop-daemon. The identifier reads the line that runs start-stop-daemon.
What detects it
T1059.004Command and Scripting Interpreter: Unix Shell